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Posted in thread: Best Oktoberfest Kit on Market on 08-09-2013 at 07:22 PMI'm looking to get back into brewing and would like to know what everyone here thinks the best
Oktoberfest beer kit is out there or if anyone has a great Oktoberfest original/clone recipe
they would l...

Posted in thread: On busibess in Minneapolis on 03-19-2012 at 09:09 PMAnd in looking for a good brew pub with some good food on the west side. Any suggestions?Only
in town til 3-21-12Edit: damn iPhone... Im in town on business.

Posted in thread: Wort Too Dark (pic) on 03-16-2012 at 02:01 PMEDIT: Based on those textbooks in the pic you don't have time to brew!!! :)I saw a poll
somewhere that said some 40+ percent of home brewers are some type or form of an engineer. Side
note: The quantu...

Posted in thread: My Double IPA on 03-14-2012 at 07:54 PMThat sounds damn good. I have something very similar in primary right now and it tasted Ohhh so
good after 2 weeks. I don't have a chiller either so what I do to get the wort chilled really
fast is I ...

Posted in thread: Anyone using old soda kegs? on 03-14-2012 at 06:54 PMHad someone offer to sell me two 5 gallon soda kegs that have had all the seals replaced!Anyone
had any experience with these kegs?

Posted in thread: Poll: How do people aerate their wort? on 03-14-2012 at 06:46 PMI thought I would post some pictures of what I use.52463This strainer I picked up on clearance
for $12. The handles expand to fit different size containers out to 30" wide. 52464A little hop
sediment ...

Posted in thread: Cleaning/sanitizing Bottles on 03-14-2012 at 01:47 AMInteresting, I have never ran into this and I have left bottles in there up to two weeks. I
just pulled some out after reading this thread again to check (they have been in there for 4
days) and I hav...

Posted in thread: Algae-like stuff in bottles? on 03-13-2012 at 03:32 PMIf you had access to a microscope it would be interesting to see if it's something other then a
those round shaped little friends of ours.

Posted in thread: kruesan not falling after 2 weeks on 03-13-2012 at 03:14 PMMy girl dry hopped 1oz of pellets last night, they will be in there for a week hopefully enough
to settle to the bottom!It's probably hops. Every time I dry hop with pellets I get a greenish
brown slu...